THE MATRAIRE STAMPS OF ITALY - II EDITION, DELUXE

 HISTORICAL POSTAL CATALOGUE OF THE STAMPS OF VITTORIO EMANUELE II, KING OF ITALY- II EDITION - Ist VOLUME: THE MATRAIRE STAMPS OF ITALY - New edition, entirely reviewed and published in Italian and English is the most complete work about the first stamps of the Italian Kingdom starting from the first day of issue to December 31st 1863. Every stamp is discussed and evaluated in a specific chapter as for printing, perforation and use particularities. There are also four specific chapters about postal forgeries, "December '63", the Matraire Postage Due stamp and the destination from Italy of that periodThe work includes the valuations of all the 700 frankings found over the years.